Walafrid Strabo

Strabo
Еngraving of Strabo by Wilhelm Pleydenwurff, Nuremberg, 1493
Bornc. 808
Swabia
Died18 August 849
Reichenau
Occupations
  • Benedictine monk
  • theological writer

Walafrid, alternatively spelt Walahfrid, nicknamed Strabo (or Strabus, i.e. "squint-eyed") (c. 808 – 18 August 849), was an Alemannic Benedictine monk and theological writer who lived on Reichenau Island in southern Germany.

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